For this close reading I chose to examine two passage from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer in the Chapter Burning Cascade. This book examines the intersection of indigenous knowledge and scientific studies. Most of the chapters begin with an indigenous story, one that explains some natural phenomenon which in the case of this excerpt […]
I will be fully honest and say that most of the readings didn’t have much of an effect on me but I did draw some lessons from all of them. Out of those the most influential piece was either Braiding Sweetgrass or How Everything Can Collapse. For me Braiding Sweetgrass was a beautifully written book […]
I came up with the idea for my project from a random playlist Spotify made for me. I hadn’t heard the song Chop Suey! By System of the Down in a very long time but it just happened to be in that playlist. Immediately when I listened to it I could visualize a video to […]
Climate change and capitalism This article was published in Consilience and journal from Columbia University that is a sustainability journal examining ways to combat climate change. In this article Jonathan examines the fundamental ideas of capitalism and how they are inherently a part of what has caused our current climate disaster. His main argument is […]
This American life podcast episode 748: The End of the World as We Know It This American life is a podcast produced by WBEZ in Chicago with various producers following reporting on stories from around the country and the world, presenting interesting aspects of life hosted by Ira Glass. In this episode the team talks […]
